Armenian foreign minister and US Secretary of State discuss Karabakh in USA

Noyan Tapan news agency
15 Jun 04

Yerevan, 15 June: Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan who is
in USA on two-day working visit, met US Secretary of State Colin
Powell on 14 June. The heads of the Armenian and the USA foreign
political administrations discussed a number issues concerning the
prospects of development of bilateral relations, recent processes
in the region, the Armenian-Turkish relations and settlement of
the conflict in Nagornyy Karabakh. In particular, they also touched
upon the problem concerning about Armenia’s participation in the US
“Millennium Challenge” programme, the importance of this programme for
the development of economy and democracy in Armenia was also outlined.

The same day Vardan Oskanyan met the US president’s national security
adviser, Condoleezza Rice and her deputy Stephen Hadley. The issues
concerning, in particular, regional security, the forthcoming NATO
summit in Istanbul and settlement of confrontation in Nagornyy Karabakh
were discussed.

The Armenian foreign minister made a speech the same day, at the
Centre For Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and touched
upon foreign political problems of Armenia and issues of ensuring
the regional security.

The press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Noyan Tapan
news agency that the meetings with American congressmen and senators
and also representatives of American Armenians’ organizations and
the American press have also been scheduled.